Using the QuickAdd Obsidian plugin, the BookFinder uses Google API Books v1 to fetch the book and make a note

BookFinder.js

const notice = (e) => new Notice(e, 5e3);
const log = (e) => console.log(e);
const logError = (e) => console.error(e);
const GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_URL = "https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes";
const GOOGLE_BOOKS_TITLE_TERM = "intitle:";

function replaceIllegalFileNameCharactersInString(e) {
  return e.replace(/[\\,#%&\{\}\/*<>?$\'\":@]*/g, "");
}

function formatTitleForSuggestion(resultItem) {
  return `${resultItem.volumeInfo.title} - ${
    resultItem.volumeInfo.authors ? resultItem.volumeInfo.authors[0] : ""
  } (${new Date(resultItem.volumeInfo.publishedDate).getFullYear()})`;
}
function getISBNs(industryIdentifiers = []) {
  let ISBN10 = "";
  let ISBN13 = "";
  if (industryIdentifiers) {
    const isbn10_data = industryIdentifiers.find(
      (identifier) => identifier.type === "ISBN_10"
    );
    const isbn13_data = industryIdentifiers.find(
      (identifier) => identifier.type === "ISBN_13"
    );
    if (isbn10_data) ISBN10 = isbn10_data.identifier;
    if (isbn13_data) ISBN13 = isbn13_data.identifier;
  }
  return { ISBN10, ISBN13 };
}
const getPublicationYear = (publishedDate) => {
  if (!publishedDate) return "";
  return new Date(publishedDate).getFullYear();
};

/**
 * Add a book to Obsidian vault
 * @param {Object} params Quick add object
 * @param {Object} settings Any settings that can be passed to the function
 */
const addBook = async function (params) {
  const QuickAdd = params;

  const clipboard = await QuickAdd.quickAddApi.utility.getClipboard();

  // Assuming the clipboard will have the book title
  const inputResponse = await QuickAdd.quickAddApi.inputPrompt(
    "Enter Book title: ",
    clipboard,
    clipboard
  );

  if (!inputResponse)
    throw (notice("No title entered.", 5e3), new Error("No title entered."));

  try {
    const encodedTitle = encodeURIComponent(
      GOOGLE_BOOKS_TITLE_TERM + inputResponse
    );
    const link = GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_URL + "?q=" + encodedTitle + "&maxResults=10";
    const response = await fetch(link);
    const jsonResponse = await response.json();

    if (jsonResponse?.error || !Array.isArray(jsonResponse?.items)) {
      notice("Request failed");
      throw new Error("Request failed");
    }

    if (jsonResponse.items.length == 0) {
      notice("No results found.");
      throw new Error("No results found.");
    }

    const searchResults = jsonResponse.items;

    const selection = await QuickAdd.quickAddApi.suggester(
      searchResults.map(formatTitleForSuggestion),
      searchResults
    );

    if (!selection) {
      notice("No choice selected.");
      throw new Error("No choice selected.");
    }

    const selectedBook = selection.volumeInfo;

    // Here is the full list of properties from the Google Books API response:
    // allowAnonLogging
    // authors
    // canonicalVolumeLink
    // categories
    // contentVersion
    // description
    // imageLinks
    // industryIdentifiers
    // infoLink
    // language
    // maturityRating
    // pageCount
    // panelizationSummary
    // previewLink
    // printType
    // publishedDate
    // publisher
    // readingModes
    // subtitle
    // title

    const isbns = getISBNs(selectedBook.industryIdentifiers);
    const variables = {
      ...selectedBook,
      authors: selectedBook.authors,
      categories: selectedBook.categories,
      description: selectedBook.description,
      fileName: replaceIllegalFileNameCharactersInString(selectedBook.title),
      isbn10: isbns.ISBN10,
      isbn13: isbns.ISBN13,
      pageCount: selectedBook.pageCount,
      Poster: selectedBook.imageLinks.thumbnail,
      publishedDate: selectedBook.publishedDate,
      publisher: selectedBook.publisher,
      subtitle: selectedBook.subtitle,
      title: selectedBook.title,
      year: getPublicationYear(selectedBook.publishedDate),
    };

    // log("--- Variables ---", variables);
    QuickAdd.variables = variables;
  } catch (error) {
    logError(error);
  }
};

module.exports = {
  entry: addBook,
  settings: {
    name: "BookFinder",
    author: "Jeremy Wong",
  },
};

bookfinder_template.md

by	title	tags	in	year	published	related	category	pages	publisher	isbn10	isbn13	created
{{VALUE:authors}}	{{VALUE:title}}	#highlights/waiting	[[Books]]	{"VALUE:year"=>nil}	{{VALUE:publishedDate}}		{{VALUE:categories}}	{{VALUE:pageCount}}	{{VALUE:publisher}}	{{VALUE:isbn10}}	{{VALUE:isbn13}}	{{date:YYYY-MM-DD}}

{{VALUE:title}}

• Subtitle: {{VALUE:subtitle}}

My Notes

Details

{{VALUE:description}}